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I'm not going to say "Seasons Greetings" just because of left-wing PC Grinches feel that merely saying "Merry Christmas" to someone might offend them. What does "Happy Holidays" mean anyway? Nothing! So it's time to push back. Repeat after me: "Christ" Good. Now say this: "Muss" Excellent. Now put those two words together and pronounce them just as you would if you were saying them separately: "Christ-mas" That's exactly how I'm going to pronounce it as I say "Merry Christ-mas" to every single person I see between now and December 25th. In fact, I think I'm going to say "Merry...

Let's Play Hardball - Parody Alert! Matthews I’m Chris Matthews, let’s play Hardball. Tonight—are ultra-conservative right-wing Republicans responsible for endangering the safety of the citizens of this country by stalling much-needed intelligence reform legislation for no good reason? But first—the Middle East. With Arafat gone and an election on the way, will Israel finally get off its high horse and cut the Palestinians some slack? John Meacham is in the studio with me. John who’s the road block in the Israeli government? Meacham Ummm…well Chris I don’t know if I’d use the term road block, but if you’re asking who...

Picture this: Somewhere in the world, a filmmaker creates a short documentary that chronicles what he perceives as the excesses of anti-abortion activists. An anti-abortion zealot reacts to the film by killing the filmmaker in broad daylight and stabbing anti-abortion tracts onto his body. How does the Hollywood community react to this atrocity? Would there be angry protests? Candlelight vigils? Outraged letters and columns and articles? Awards named in honor of their fallen comrade? Demands for justice? Calls for protection of artistic freedom? It’s a pretty safe bet that there would be all of the above and much more. And...

Posted from a site frequented by some DUmocrats. Subject: A special letter from a NEW YORKER Subj: Fwd: An explanation of a vote for Kerry This letter that was written by a fellow NY'er is so close to my feelings that I thought I'd share it with you guys. Anna ====================================== I am writing this letter to the people in the red states in the middle of the country -- the people who voted for George W. Bush. I am writing this letter because I don't think we know each other. So I'll make an introduction. I am a New...

One might be forgiven for thinking that the first suit against the Republican Party for Post Election Selection Trauma (PEST) would have been filed in Palm Beach County, but a 38-year-old from Manhattan’s West Side has beaten her Floridian fellow victims to the punch. Barbi Weiner, a third grade teacher currently on disability, is suing the Republican party for having taken an active role in returning George Bush to the White House, a circumstance that resulted in Ms. Weiner suffering a nervous collapse last Nov.8th as she crossed West 72nd Street. "I looked up and saw the WestSideWaffle! sign with...

A Fantasy Second Term How the MSM could tolerate W. This is how the media would write the story of George Bush's second term if they had their way: Washington, D.C. — President Bush announced that former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle would be his new White House counsel, in a move interpreted as part of an effort to reach out to Democrats. The Bush team has abandoned its euphoria over a victory that had the president winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than the last three Democrats elected to the White House, and instead reconciled itself to...

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than a quarter of babies born in the United States in 2003 were delivered by Caesarean section, the highest rate on record, according to a government report released Tuesday. Birth rates for teenagers continued their steady decline last year while increasing for women age 35 to 44, the report from the National Center for Health Statistics said. The agency is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 4.1 million births were recorded in the United States in 2003, a slight increase over 2002. Roughly 1.13 million, or 27.6 percent, were Caesarean deliveries. The...

Are the media on our side? If so, why are they doing the bidding of a bunch of murderous thugs who enjoy lopping off innocent peoples’ heads? We are once again getting the answer loud and clear: To the media, U.S. troops in Iraq are always wrong, and the enemies is usually shown, not as a terrorists, but a victims of unwarranted U.S. aggression. Consider the firestorm that erupted when a young U.S. Marine, wounded the day before, was videotaped in the act of shooting a so-called insurgent who may or may not have been armed or booby trapped, waiting...

Government-Funded PBS Fails to Understand Capitalism, Blasts Wal-Mart On Tuesday, the Public Broadcasting Service ran a scathing attack on Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, on its “Frontline” series. The title of the program was, “Is Wal-Mart Good for America?” Although never stated explicitly, it is clear from the overwhelmingly negative portrayal of the company that the answer clearly is “no.” I watched this program with special interest. In fact, it was the first PBS program I’d seen in some time. I’d stopped watching shows like Frontline long ago because of their heavy liberal bias. But I thought perhaps this one...

Clarke Testimony Released It has been widely speculated that the Democrats will use Condoleezza Rice's confirmation hearing as an opportunity to resurrect the charge that she failed to heed warnings about al Qaeda given by Richard Clarke during the transition from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration. The point would not be to refuse to confirm her, but to once again use Clarke's charges to discredit both Rice in particular and the Bush administration in general. We have repeatedly critiqued Clarke's baseless attacks on the Bush administration, which grew out of his disagreement with the administration's policy on Iraq....